Paul Anthony McGregor (born 17 December 1974) is an English musician and former professional footballer, who is lead singer of the London-based
punk
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band
Ulterior
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award for 2000. The following season, however, the goals dried up and he moved on a free transfer to Northampton Town
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for a spell that was blighted by injury.Oldham
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in March 2003, McGregor left the game at the end of the 2002–3 season.
Music career
Whilst a player with Nottingham Forest
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, he was part of a Britpop
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band called Merc, who played a gig at Rock City in Nottingham
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which was meant to be attended by Alan McGee
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, however he failed to turn up.
McGregor, now nicknamed "Honey", his brother, Benn (MCG), and guitarist Paul Simmons (Simmons) formed a three piece band in late 2006, calling themselves